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Volunteer service helps visitors on Hood
A volunteer program is
making visits more rewar
ding for vacationers in the
Mt Hood National Forest.
“ The
V o lu n te e r
Naturalist program pro
vides in te rp r e tiv e a c
tivities and information for
visitors to the Mt HoodNa
tional Forest.” said Jan
Engert, a public informa
tion specialist with the
Zigzag Ranger D istrict,
coordinating the program
“ Without the volunteers,
these services would be of
fered on a limited basis, if
at a ll,’ * she said
E ig h t
v o lu n te e r
naturalists are currently
participating in the Zigzag
R a n g er
D is t r ic t 's
Volunteer Program They
rotate between the Zigzag
and C o lu m b ia G orge
Ranger Districts
Throughout the summer
they w ill work at the
Tim berline Lodge com
plex, Multnomah Falls.
and the V is ta House
Visitors Center at Crown
Point
At Timberline Lodge, the
naturalists act as Visitor
F acility Guides, leading
lodge tours, conducting
nature hikes, developing
interpretive programs, as
w e ll as m a n n in g the
Wy East Day Ixidge infor
mation window
Guided tours are con
d u c te d d a ily by the
naturalists to help visitors
discover the unique history
and craftsmanship as they
explore Timberline Lodge
l'ours meet on the lodge
steps and run from 10 a m
to 5 p m
N a tu ra lis ts help the
public identify the flora
and fauna of the alpine en
vironment and learn how
vegetation adapts to harsh,
high-elevation climates
For those with questions
about tr a ils , w ild life ,
geology, plants or the
human history of Mt Hood,
the Wy'East Day Lodge is
the place to fin d the
answers
A
F o re s t
S e rvice
naturalist is on hand daily
from 10a m to 5 p m along
with exhibits, publications
and s lid e p ro g ra m s
Demonstrations focusing
on T im b e rlin e Lodge s
handcrafts and woodwork
are given on an unschedul
ed basis during the week
and almost always on
weekends
With the completion of
one full week of work on Ju
ly 5, the program s future
looks bright
“ We had a busy and suc
cessful w eek,” E ngert
said “ Many tourists par
ticipated in the interpretive
activities offered ”
The o pening of the
Wy'East Day Lodge in
November 1981 broadened
the F o re s t S e rv ic e s
responsibilities to encom
Effects of chlorination considered
future of fisheries in the
stream.
Bell said that studies by
the d e p a rtm e n t have
shown that defuser pipes,
which discharge water into
streams, could mitigate
possible adverse impacts
re la te d
to
o ve r-
chlorination
Studies at the Durham
Treatment Plant at Tigard,
said Bell, show that if the
o u tflo w
is
re le a s e d
gradually across the entire
stream in a perforated
pipe, the current problems
associated w ith m ixing
discharged water into the
stream would be solved
Bell said that this pipe,
h o w e v e r.
if
p o o rly
engineered and installed,
could possibly create a
‘ ‘chlorine b a rrie r” that
would also pose problems
for fish.
Ideally, the defuser pipe
should only span a quarter
of the distance across the
stream.
In 1977 Irving W Jones, a
Department of Fish and
Wildlife staff biologist with
th e
e n v iro n m e n ta l
management section, iden
tified six streams that con
tribute to the maintenance
of the' area’s fisheries
These waterways could be
impacted by the discharge
from the plant, even though
the outflow empties into the
Sandy River (which is said
to be less vulnerable than
the Salmon River).
The department's fish
biologists identified the
ma ins tern of the Sandy
River as being used for
upsteam and downstream
passage by steelhead and
coho.in addition to spawn
ing by winter steelhead
During even high-flow
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m onths the in cre a se d
chlorination in the river
could im p a ct the fa ll
m igration of coho and the
winter runs of steelhead
Jones advised that “ after
1965, or when the plant is
expanded, dilution rates of
effluent in the Sandy River
should be re examined for
acceptability.”
Dave Abraham, director
of utilities for the county
who is assisting in the
treatment plant's daily ad
ministration, said the use
of chlorine in treating
human wastes is common
throughout the country.
The new treatment plant
is operating under the ac
cepted guideline of 001
parts chlorine per million
(per gallon), which has
been identified by studies
to impact fish migration
produce, grocery, non-food!
pass d u tie s in b oth
T im b e rlin e Lodge and
W y ’ E a st Day Lodge
Displays designed by the
naturalists are found in the
day lodge along with the
Forest Service information
office.
“ We have a variety ol
e d u c a tio n
le v e ls ,
backgrounds, and skills
this year.” Engbert said
“ The d iv e rs ity of ex
perience and exposures
provides a broad base for
us to work from "
The six-year-old inter
pretive program has a t
tracted volunteers with a
variety of backgrounds
T h is y e a r non n a tiv e
Oregonians outnumber the
n a tive s, and h a lf the
volunteers are college
graduates.
V o lu n te e rs e a rn no
monetary awards, but do
receive valuable work ex
perience along with Forest
Service housing
“ Volunteers have made
the commitment because
they're tru ly interested in
the work. ”
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